Grade Book Wizard Intro

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GradeBookWizard
Getting Started Guide
for
Educators

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Agenda
Introduction
Home Page
Grade Book Page
Homework Checklists
Assignments
Report Cards
Attendance Tracking
Preferences
Setup Pages
Student Information
Parent/Student Website
Q & A

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Introduction
Getting Started with GradeBookWizard
Much more than a grade book program
Designed to facilitate communication with students and
their parents
Class websites allow students/parents to see grades,
assignments, homework, news, and much more
Automatic email alerts for missing or incomplete assignments
and attendance incidents
Emailed progress reports
Access from any PC or Mac with an Internet connection
Broadband connection is recommended
Can also access using iPaq or other handheld device

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Introduction
Help
Available on all pages by clicking
on the information icon:
Access the online manual by clicking
on the help icon:
If you need more help, contact customer support at:
[email protected]

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Home Page
Logging In
Teachers, students, and parents use the same login page:
http://login.gradebookwizard.com or your custom school
login page, if available

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Log-In Information
Login Name: WPHS_teacherid
teacherid = first initial + last name (ex: lboyce)
Password: password
Change password/ email address under “Account”

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Setup Wizard
When you login for the very first time, a new account
setup wizard is launched to take you through the
steps involved in configuring your account.
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Type of Account
Select “one subject per class - several classes”

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Grade Calculation System
Select “Manual”

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Grade Period Setup
Unless your class is only a semester long, leave all
grade periods checked.

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Grade Scale Setup
Leave the grade scale default settings how they are.

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Setup Pages
Class Setup
Click on Create New Class to create a new class

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Setup Pages
Class Setup – Middle/High School
Classes that share assignments can be grouped
Enter class
name/period and
select a grade scale
to use for
displaying grade
averages

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Setup Pages
Students
Student records have been preloaded by your system
administrator
If you do not have classes in your account, student records
may appear in classes belonging to the administrator account
Use the Copy From Class feature to access preloaded student
records from the administrator account
If you are certain that student records have been loaded,
but no administrator classes have been created, you only
need to enter the Student ID for each student in your
class(es).
Or, you can enter a partial first and last name (one or more
letters) for each student

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Setup Pages
Students
Enter student information into the grid
-- OR --
Use the Copy From Class button to copy student
records from other teachers’ classes

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Setup Pages
Copy From Class
Select an
administrator class
to copy from
Available students
will show up here
once you have
selected a class to
copy from

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Setup Pages
Copy From Class (cont’d)
Select students to
copy to your class
Click on Copy
Students button to
perform copy
Once copied, your
class students
show up here

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Setup Pages
Copy From Class (cont’d)
You can copy students from several different classes to the
same class
Just change the selection in the ‘Class to Copy From’ list
After you have populated your class, click on the Done
button to save your changes and dismiss the page
Clicking on the Done button automatically saves any changes
you have made before dismissing the page
To save your changes without leaving the current page,
click on the Save button

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Home Page
Program
sections
System messages
Teacher Schedule
Tabs for topics
within section

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Home Page
Common Page Elements
Page title bar
Current class and grade period
Buttons and tabs
Show page info
Logout
Go to home page
Display online manual
Minutes until auto-logoutNavigation path
Command buttons
Tabs and sub-tabs
Displayed in top
left area of page

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Grade Book Page
Grade Book Overview
You can use the grade book to create and grade
assignments
Assignment grades can be scores, letter grades, or
percentages
You can create extra credit or no-credit assignments
Assignments can be organized into categories that can
optionally be weighted
The grade book displays each students’ current grade
average for the selected class and grading period

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Grade Book Page
Grade average
for each student,
for the selected grade
period and class
Names repeat
Assignments
repeat

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Grade Book Page
Creating New Assignments
New assignments require a title, due date,
category, grade scale, and point value

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Grade Book Page
Grading Single Assignments
Click to Grade
Enter scores
and comments
Comment
editor
Click to copy first
row to all other rows

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Grade Book Page
Grading Multiple Assignments Grade All mode
allows all
assignments to be
graded at the same
time. You can move
either vertically or
horizontally through
the grade book
using the arrow
keys, tab key, or
enter key
Enter scores
or status
codes
Select auto-email
notifications

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Homework Checklists
Checklists can
be used for
homework or
other smaller
tasks that do
not qualify as
full-fledged
assignments
Checklist average is
tracked separately
from assignment
grade average and can
be included in class
grade average if
desired
Grades are simple:
complete, no credit,
partial or status

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Homework Checklists
Grading
Can be graded individually or all at once, just like
assignments
Grades must use codes as shown on page:
Settings
Specifies how much a Partial completion grade is worth
Controls how checklist grade average is handled

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Assignments
Assignments Page
Assignments can also be created and graded individually
from the Assignments page instead of the grade book
Allows usage of standards when creating and grading
assignments
See PDF file on standards-based grading for more
information

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Assignments
Assignment Weighting
If manual weighting was chosen when setting up
class/subject, you can choose how much an assignment is
worth
Normal/Relative weighting = assignment’s worth is computed
in relation to that of other assignments
Absolute% weighting = assignment is worth a specific
percentage of the student’s grade average
If total points system was chosen during class/subject
setup then an assignment’s worth is determined by
its maximum score
Select assignment
weighting/worth

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Report Cards Page
Period/Semester/Final Marks
Shows student marks and grade trend
Color-coding shows current grading period
Locks indicate grade
periods for which
marks have been
submitted
Grades that are due
are shown with red
background
Click on Calculator
icon to review or
override grades
Click on Lock icon to
lock grades so they
can be submitted

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Report Cards Page
Grade Calculator
Computed grades
can be overridden
Grade distribution
curve and statistics
Behavior Marks can
be entered
Comment codes can
be entered – OR –
click on note pad to
see selection list

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Attendance Tracking
Class Attendance – Monthly View
Click on column heading to go to Daily View
Optional email
notifications
to parents
Attendance codes
can be configured

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Attendance Tracking
Class Attendance – Daily View
Parent response from
class website
Notes can be seen
by parents and appear
on Attendance report

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Account Preferences
Setting Up Your Account Preferences
Your account has been pre-configured with default
preference settings
Click on the Account button to go to the account
preferences area
Also allows you to change your password and update personal
information such as your name, office phone number, and
more

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Account Preferences
Account Information
Click on the Edit Account Information button to change any
personal information displayed on this page
Click on the Preferences link to go to the preferences setup
page
Click on the Change Password link to change your password

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Account Preferences
Preferences
Grading System
applies to
assignments. You
can use weighted
categories with both
total points and
manual assignment
weighting
Do not change!

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Account Preferences
Change Password
Enter your current (old) password in the red field
Enter your new password twice in the fields below

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Setup Pages
Setup
Select tab to set up classes, students, grading options,
standards, discipline, or comment lists

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Setup Pages
Class Groups
Allows sharing assignments between classes
Related classes can share assignments by creating group
assignments
Classes can belong to several groups at the same time
Groups also allow classes to share custom web pages and
announcements
Groups are currently NOT available with the Elementary
School setup (once class -> many subjects)

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Setup Pages
Setting Up Class Groups
Click on Class Groups link
Create new groups by clicking on the Add/Edit Group Names
button
Add group members by setting the checkboxes
Click to create
group names
Check to add
members to
selected group

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Setup Pages
Creating New Groups
You can have any number of groups
Each group can have any number of members
Each class can be a member of several groups

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Setup Pages
Grade Periods (Marking Periods)
Click on Grading tab
Click Add/Edit
Grade Periods
to create or
edit grade
periods

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Setup Pages
Editing Grade Periods
Enter date ranges or ‘exam’ grade periods
Exam grade periods are used for final/semester exams or other
items that count for a fixed percentage of student
grade averages
Only require End Date so they are sorted correctly

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Student Information
Students Page (GradeBook Section)
Provides access to student records and student
progress information

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Student Information
Click on student’s name to access student record
Shows detailed student and parent information
Click on folder icon in list to view progress report
Opens in new pop-up window

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Student Information
Click on pen & notepad icon in list to access
discipline log

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Student Information
Click on notepad icon to access student notes

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Student Information
Setting Up Student Logins
Logins may already have been created for your students by
the school administrator
Click on Generate Logins button to create logins

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Student Information
Set Website Access Rules
Allows you to control what students and parents see on the
class website

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Student Information
Seating Charts
You can have several
seating charts per class
(for different rooms
or days, for instance)
Seating charts use grid
layouts, but you can leave
empty squares to create
islands or other
arrangements
Select a student to seat,
and then select the desk.
Click on the Seat button
to move the student

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Login Page
Logging In
Your school may have a custom login page that you should
use instead of the general login page
The URL is:
http://your_school_name.gradebookwizard.com
If your school does not have a custom login page you can
login from:
http://login.gradebookwizard.com
Students and parents use the same page to login as
teachers (same URL)

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Login Page
School
announcements
can be created
by administrator

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Student/Parent Website
Main Page Custom logo
Navigation buttons
Custom pages

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Student/Parent Website
Student Grades
You decide what
to display here
using the Set
Website Access
page

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Student/Parent Website
Assignment Instructions
You can upload handout files for students to download
You can also include URLs to external websites for
students to access

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Student/Parent Website
Attendance
Parents can add comments to attendance
record

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Student/Parent Website
Discipline
Parents can add comments to discipline log entries

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